S3 · 10/2025 · Intuitive Surgical
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
| Category | medical robotics |
| Type | injury |
| Date | 10/2025 |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | S3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | MDR 2955842-2025-39899 |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | openFDA MAUDE |
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED LIVER PARTIAL RESECTION PROCEDURE, THE CUSTOMER RECEIVED A "REDUCE TIP PRESSURE" MESSAGE WHILE USING A HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT. THE INSTRUMENT THEN SUDDENLY BROKE AND A FRAGMENT FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE FRAGMENT WAS RETRIEVED DU
| Sev | Date | Company | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 2015-06-30 | Hocoma | Proximal tibia fracture in a patient with incomplete spinal cord injury associated with robotic treadmill training |